Freaky Wal-Mart

[danieljohn]

This week, there's a couple blog entries relating to Walmart, one about drug prices (from the Freakonomics blog), and another relating their plans to create scorecards for electronicsThis is huge. From the comments on the Freakonomics blog, it looks like some pharmacists are already being forced to respond to the price drops. As for electronics -

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[anonymous]

Recently saw a film called "Wal-Mart: the High Cost of Low Prices" put out by Brave New Films. Good movie to watch in an evening alongside The Corporation. It's American but it might be a good place to start -- great overview of all the horrible things they do/are. There's an interesting scene where you learn all about the fertilizer and other stuff stored on the parking lot which gets washed into the creeks and rivers...

Total green-wash. Wal-Mart's electronics scorecards are nothing compared to the rest of the damage the company does just by existing. Rather than greening the company, it should just be dismantled.